Also known as the "Cosmographia," "Geographia" or simply "The Geography," this book written by the Greco-Roman Claudius Ptolemy is considered the world’s first printed atlas. While these ...

Exclusive photos reveal a sprawling, 300-year-old coral near Solomon Islands, recently discovered by the National Geographic ...

Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas whom Mr. Trump has selected for a crucial diplomatic role, co-founded a ...

Orbital,” by Samantha Harvey, won the 2024 Booker Prize on Tuesday. The book follows a day in the life of six astronauts.

In “Four Points of the Compass,” Jerry Brotton explores the disorienting, dizzying history of our relationship to direction.

Nothing feeds our sense of wonder quite like stories of exploration. Whether they are cocksure astronauts or stoic arctic ...